The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has set a new Guinness World Record for laying a 75-kilometer road in just five days.

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• Jun 8, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: The
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a world record by laying a
75-kilometer length of roadway in Maharashtra between Amravati and Akola in
less than five days.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">Nitin Gadkari, the
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, also took to Twitter to publish
a certificate from the Guinness World Records authority.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">"From 3 to 7 June
2022, Raj Path Infracon Pvt. Ltd. and Jagdish Kadam (both India) erected the
longest continuous piece of asphalt/bituminous concrete between Amravati and
Akola Districts on NH53, India," according to the Guinness World Records
certificate.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">"NHAI has made
history by creating 75 kilometres of continuous bituminous concrete in a single
lane on the length of NH-53 between Amravati and Akola," Gadkari tweeted.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">"This 75 km
single lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 km of
2-lane paved shoulder road," he continued, "and a team of 800 NHAI
Official employees and 720 workers, including a team of independent
consultants, were involved in the work, which began at 7:27 a.m. on June 3,
2022 and ended at 5:00 p.m. on June 7, 2022."

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">The Amravati-Akola Highway
construction project began at 6 a.m. on June 3 and was expected to be completed
by June 7, setting a world record. The scheme involved 800 staff and 700
labourers, including highway engineers, safety engineers, and surveyors, in
order to finish the work in the shortest period possible.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">The Rajput Infracon
has previously set a world record by constructing a road from Sangli to Satara
in 24 hours. As part of the government's monetization agenda, NHAI announced on
June 3 that it has offered a further three motorways totaling 247 kilometres to
its Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT).